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Shirt with layers of paint

The red paint on this shirt is still bright after more than 150 years. The finger-marks on the lower half of the shirt give a sense of the artist's presence. The black stripes are coup marks. Each records a war deed, whether it was killing, scalping, or striking the body of an enemy.

 

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About the Shirts

Relations between the Blackfoot-speaking peoples and fur trade companies
What are the Blackfoot shirts in the Pitt Rivers Museum made of?
What the shirts tell us
How did the shirts get to the Pitt Rivers Museum?
The Process of restoring and conserving the Blackfoot shirts
Identifying the plant material in the quillwork
Meeting the Ancestors
Shirt for formal occasions
Shirt for working
Shirt that tells its history
Shirt with layers of paint
Shirt with painted war honours
Trade goods at Fort Edmonton - 1841
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